The evening world. Newspaper, April 27, 1918, Page 1

Che “If ft Happens In New York tt’s In The Evening World’’ Copyright, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co, (The New York World), PRICE TWO. “CENTS. FLANDERS DRIVE HALTED AT ALL POINTS; “Circulation Books Open to All.’’ NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1918, “Circulation Books Open to All.” 14 PAGE he PRICE “TWO CENTS. BRITISH TAKE HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS LOAN DRIVE FORGES AHEAD, ciy TOTAL 932,100 000. ve |. switer Pace Is Set for Last "FIVE AUSTRIAN DESTROYERS. : Week of Race in New York | EFEATED BY TWO BRITISH... so... t District diers 5 Kil le “seven Are $ Wounded kath evs K A IS NEEDED TO WIN OUT | 5"my Fed to Durazzo — i} eerves . (rs F | Adm en Increase Resulting from Liberty | PONBORIK GET _| severely wou Day Not So Great as Was |stroyers aeteatea “lly wounded an oyers In t tish Ad-| addition f Hoped For. ty announced to-d and two of divase. ‘Te ey “Two of our destroyers in the Adri-! officers in tho Lis WASHINGTON, April 27—Par- east * the r | tial reports on Liberty Day sales | * ehh antay, fad ts ‘Dutkase eved in the Third Liberty Loan cam- [+ who we paign to-day raised the subscrip- hand two French tion total for the country to $2,- 4 “Committees throughout the | sevon killed and nineteen} ‘The list follows country, dissatisfied with the Na- ero IN ACTION tlonal showing thus far,” said the Headquarters Review to-day, “aettied down to the hard grind Sergt. Edward J, Be of the last seven days’ campaign. Corpls. Harry F. D Hope was expressed that as many subscriptions may be taken within the next seven days as have been taken in the last twenty-one. If such a result is not achieved, little more than the $3,000,000 minimum sought by Secretary McAdoo will be subscribed, and the result of | the campaign will be a great dis ‘SECOND LONG RA RANGE BERTHA DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR ch Fire Puts Rent Fifty Feet Long in Barrel—Paris Bomba Again DIED OF ACCIDENT Lieuts, Thomas J, Mooney 3, Williams. Wagoners New Mexico, Mis 0 and Southern Cal were added to-day to the Honor Roll of States and Districts which have exceeded their quotas. San Francisco reached the 100 per cent, mark. In the New York dis ty Day celebrations ga impetus to the campaign that the district managers awarded forty- nine honor flags. Hawaii has subscribed $4,350, 000, exceeding its quota by 17 per cent, Fred Bonye DIED OF DISEASE Privates Sam German, ns that Bertha was go! to fire n noticed, The curtain had gone up. Al was @ chorus of loud rey Jedly Bertha and two o e naval gur WOUNDEO SEVERELY Bubscriptions to the Third Liberty Loan in tho New York district | trond tracks © gun plat ached a total $532,100,000 at 11 clock this ‘This represents re 4 gain of $27,869,300 over yesterday's otal. The Liberty Loan Committee set determination to, with a rent 50/men feet long in the barrel. ‘French gunners then set about pre- paring to destroy the thi | thus far th € shells arrived in Pa out with grim smagh all records in the last week of the campaign. The day's gain te $5,000,000 less than the yesterday, which the committee siders partic Mtge view of the great resi ing the nigh 18,369 BRITISH LOSSES /saane. 2. eo REPORTED THIS WEEK ‘200.00! i! one recorded from the 1 Day alizes ti s i it sah Casualty List From the Western |# Jo y e ng days of the dr h} Fr nelud 179 la id its imum quota of $9 ) the] Officer | Sour Se WelhbEE raise an avera t| y for the LONDON, April 2 Casualties 4 Lt “ F. Andrew - ported this week! ard 1. 1 el A, 1 der to obtain the 118,369, es were divided |; \ J 1 1 1 a 408; 1 | ¢ 1 ve 1 Lwely ann on Canadian Cas-| 4 A The na tla A 6 ¥ LE 1 I kK y I 1 \ 1 Bla R fan Nou he , Hopenton, Mass.: W. J. B. Goas, Butte Mont.; R. Hamilton, Cheisea, Mass. - D, W. Monteith, Medford, Mass Froden, Wing, N. D. Gassed—J, F. Campbell, Mount V non, N.Y, din Ac ‘NEW U.S. CASUALTY + RISLSUNMI ction n, Charle >| MEN WIN WAR CROSSES American Hero Who Killed Seven Germans, Then Was Slain Himself e| Th with @ t I » fathe | 1 Dr. J. H, David of Dillon, 8. ( 1 Kop 1 " elved Dr. 1 a | 1 | whieh b } | r * My b 4s death 1 r nd w it 1 el | 8 wa i} Cy a = f I e & t would L is “11 U.S. AMBULANCE GEN, MARCH DENOUNCES Decorate A Ri Gallant Services Dur ! in Husy a ‘LUFBERRY TOPS AMERICANS {IN DOWNING ENEMY PLANES i OF 183 U. S, cAPINES M PUBLIC SOGN, GERMAN BOAST 1 LIES TOLD BY GERMANS =~» MASSES JURORS, 10102 TO CONV, FAILED 10 AGREE Judge Sorry Their Delibera- tions for Forty-one and a Half Hours Were in Vain FRENGH REGAIN POSITIONS ON KEMMEL HILL SECTOR; BRITISH WIN BELOW YPRES —___—_+42-___ in Battle Along the Lys Near Givenchy— British Advance Below Somme and French Break Up Attacks. LONDON, April 27.—More encouraging reports come to-day ‘n favor ef from the battlefields in Flanders and below the Somme. Mont rhasgidak a ahechs pocorn : |’ Kemmel and the village itself are still held by the Germans, bat aa ate me Haig reports the French have recaptured positions between Loere and LaClytte, west and northwest of the hill. | The Germans made a heavy attack on the front south of Ypres, There was a long battle for Voormezeele, two miles south lof Ypres, which the British retained, taking hundreds of prisoners. it whe tusther The fighting north of the Lys was very severe. The enemy en the actions | advance was held at all points. Heavy losses were inflicted on the ked in their de # that they could not | Line Everywhere Held verdict after 411-2 hours n, the jurors in the Masses e discharged this morning At 11.20 o'clock by Judge Augustus} N. Hand in the United States Dis trict Court It was later ascertained from cer tain me} the jury that they ad ten to two cony two members wh onviction stood out ug Jict of guilty, it way stated, on the gvounds that they could scientiously make out a case of ¢ tracy against the defendants under pe definition of conspiracy as luid) down by law stated | nat the tension bet in the | bate ury was m ermans. | Continuing their counter-attacks on the front east of Amiens, ‘the Allies have gained further advantages in the Hangard-Villers- Bretonneux sector. In the fighting Thursday the Germans had taken Kemmel Hill, Kemmel Village and the villages of Locre and La Clytte to the west and northwest. They also took Dranoutre, a mile southwest, and St. Eloi, three miles northeast. Gains were made along both sides of the | Ypres These successes made it appear that the town of Yprez, jheld by the British since 1914, would have to be given up. The Ger- m laimed 6,500 prisoners were taken in this sector. Berlin also jreported taking 0 prisoners south of the Somme. The suce reported by Haig to-day may make the danger to | Ypres less accute. Paris reports that a German attack near Thennes, on the front south- east of Amiens, was broken up last night. Artillery fighting continues on the front between Villers-Bretonneux and Hangard. sn, yon Arnim, Commander of the German troops in the ays the Associated Press correspondent at the British ight in his drive against the Entente Allied territory undoubtedly to enable the reorganization of his forces tack German artillery continues to hammer the defending during the early hours to-day no fresh German offensive as recorded.” atch says Hindenburg has brought Gen, Sieger up from | Merr ‘loyd 1) har ry servi view of the tried again trial of t | which i# on the cate idar for May 20. | Eastman and his asec fates wi Canal. the Jury reported tha twas 4 verdict, Judge J unable to rea | Hand said two weeks, I could not PAnI , Pt rif $: ¥ ? vA nl-oM is have released you ar on to help around Kemmel. Under him are five divisioas ings man Arr “es dean labors wad T now dis) (7) 49 men), Gen. von Eberhardt, with another five divisions, is at aibatila Raw — Me | Juror No. 12, 11 prakasion 1s left. Together these ten divisions hammered away yesterday, making i Bi apked the Court if it would be p nly slight hea y after the captv.s of Kemmel. A ; A cl oul for any of the Juro {ivulge what Thr " 1¢ Ypres front the German guns thunder ceaselessly. Harrie Haney i a A ' cee, ee gayi ap y.)Local st up elsewhere, The weather continues threatening. 1 « « |! R : Gi ¢ toward Ypres, astride the Ypres |! ritish countered brilliantly, retaking ( A. | posts, I He pp Hens | erhardt’s “hill mi hurled out of Dranoutre four times, ow. |*4_9 viet tana push on after pying the place in a fifth charge. Like- , w ‘ wered t J exhausted after taking Kemmel to succeed in turning " , John Reed paer lndiats | Mont 3 ae °° ATTACKS NORTH OF KEMMEL = DRIVEN BACK BY HAIG’S TROOPS ‘| Desperate Struggle on the Flanders Front, in Boo) ‘| Which Germans Suffer Very Heavy Losses. rok en [BRITISH REPORT] ; ' LONDON, April 27,.—The statement !ssued to-day by the War iow 1| m was not] 1 t witn | Office Is as follows; Sy #a ne: A > ina | “There was great artillery aetlvily on both sides during the night on they had not oxp #9, and added that over m fair at the trial hing |the whole battle front north of the Lys River, The fighting In (his area yan was very severe, the enemy making repeated and determined a rr